Continuing…<\/i><\/p>\n
November 24, 2013:<\/p>\n
“Six Sonatas for Flute and Harpsichord,” Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach performed by Jean-Pierre Rampal and Robert Veyron-LaCroix.<\/p>\n
Light classical; pleasant, not terribly involving. I think I’d only ever played it twice, and it’s in excellent condition; the only noise was a faint scratch at the end of the second movement of Sonata #4. Other than that it sounds as if it could have been digital to begin with.<\/p>\n
No problems with the transfer.<\/p>\n
I actually have a lot more by JS Bach, not sure if there’s any more by CPE Bach or any of his brothers; I’d forgotten just how big a Bach fan I was for a couple of years. Also Josquin Desprez and assorted medieval stuff.<\/p>\n
The classical and medieval music are probably two-thirds of the remaining albums; next biggest group after that is comedy. I’m debating whether I should just get all the Bill Cosby material on CD; it’s cheap enough that way, and would be stereo, where the albums are monaural, but loses some of the sentimental value. I think I’ll see what sort of shape they’re in before deciding.<\/p>\n
(It’s Cosby’s first four albums, all bought new pretty much as soon as they were available; my mother was a huge Cosby fan back then.)<\/p>\n
Classical\/medieval, comedy, then more children’s albums, and a couple of oddities (e.g., Environments I). Oh, and some off-Broadway material from “Hair.” No more soundtracks or pop\/rock or Broadway.<\/p>\n
I’ve pulled all the albums off the shelves, and stacked them on the floor across from the turntable; stack’s maybe five inches. I’m getting there.<\/p>\n
November 25, 2013:<\/p>\n
“16 Sonatas for Harpsichord,” Domenico Scarlatti, performed by Luciano Sgrizzi. I think I only played this one once; really, I don’t feel a great need to hear a lot of harpsichord sonatas as a general thing. Nice to have them available, though, and the MP3s came out really well.<\/p>\n
December 1, 2013:<\/p>\n
Still on my classical binge — “A Baroque Trumpet Recital” and “The Art of the Baroque Trumpet,” both late-’60s Nonesuch albums. Not much to say about them. I hit one bad skip, but amazingly was able to successfully edit it out of the recording.<\/p>\n
More baroque still to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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